Joan Baez – Heaven Help Us All (Guitar)

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As recorded by Joan Baez (From the 1971 Album BLESSED ARE...) [Intro] G [Verse 1]
G               Em  C                 Em
Heaven help the child who never had a home

G               Em       C                  D
Heaven help the girl who walks the streets alone

Em              G            C              D
Heaven help the roses if the bombs begin to fall

Em     D       G
Heaven help us all
[Verse 2]
G               Em        C                        Em
Heaven help the black man if he struggles one more day

G               Em              C               D
Heaven help the white man if he turns his back away

Em              G                 C                 D
Heaven help the people with their backs against the wall

Em     D       G
Heaven help us all
[Chorus]
G              C D  G              C D
Heaven help us all, heaven help us all

G               Am    B7       Em           A7    D              G
Heaven help us, Lord, hear our call when we call, heaven help us all
[Verse 3]
G               Em      C                  Em
Heaven help the boy who won't reach twenty-one

G               Em      C               D
Heaven help the man who gave that boy a gun

Em              G                 C              D
Heaven help the man who kicks the man who has to crawl

Em     D       G
Heaven help us all
[Chorus]
G              C D  G              C D
Heaven help us all, heaven help us all

G               Am    B7       Em           A7    D              G
Heaven help us, Lord, hear our call when we call, heaven help us all
[Verse 4]
G            Em   C              Em
Now I lay me down before I go to sleep

G                Em       C                D
In this troubled world, I pray the Lord to keep

     Em              G               C               D
Keep hatred from the mighty, and the mighty from the small

Em     D       G
Heaven help us all
[Chorus]
G              C D  G              C D
Heaven help us all, heaven help us all

G               Am    B7       Em           A7    D              G
Heaven help us, Lord, hear our call when we call, heaven help us all
[Outro] G